All is Quiet (and Cold!) on the Iqaluit Front

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 13:34
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Weather: -25c, gorgeous clear blue skies; bracing wind chill –35c

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT – I got up and walked around Iqaluit this morning. It’s positively dead. Everyone from the conference has gone. It’s really sucked the life out of this place.

Today we spent the entire day out doing visuals of Iqaluit for Levon and my TV pieces.

It’s a beautiful day for shooting outside. Bright blue skies, clear strong light.

It’s the first day we’ve spent the entire time outside. By the end of the day, despite the winter gear, despite even the Gene Simmons-like, guaranteed-to –100c Sorel winter boots, I can’t feel my feet… at all.

By the time we get back to the hotel in the evening, my feet are a ghostly white. It takes me about 30 minutes to stomp the colour back into them.

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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